The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-10


For an allowance Of the Fourth Of July 4"
CLAIMS repaired by the accounting Officers Of the
Treasury Department. Zone bill for each Of the
two sessions)
To au horize terms If the United States Courts
10 be held At Wilmington, N. g. t..s
To sulhorixe the delivery to their owners Of
vaiu lble boxes deposited In the Treasury by the
Secretary of War
For The issue Of postol notes in sums less than
$5
For q lightshp of the entrance 10 Chesapeake
To provide for the inspection Of nb%cco, ci-
gars aud snuff, and 10 repeal section 3,l5l Of the
Revised Statutes.
To prohibit government employees from hiring
or contracting out the labor Of United Siaies
| prisoners.
To amend the dutiAble goods act 80 as TO albw
merchandise To he transported in boud on pas
senger trains in safes. pouches and trunks and in
psrce1 &
| To amend The act prohibiting the imp ,rtation
and immigration of foreigners under labor con-
Fixing the close of the season for mackerel
| fishing
| To restrict the ownership of real estate in the
Territories to American citizens.
For the erection Of public building nj Charles
| ton. $50. ~, ~ .8H
/ To increase the limit Of the cost Of the public
building at Chattanooga.
The most important House bill Of a private
character that became law was the Fiz John
Porter bill
| Forty House joint resolutions became laws,
the principle ones being as follows:
For the settlement OF the accounts of the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad Company
Directing the Commissioner of Labor to make
an investigation as tn convict labor
To authorize the President to protect Ameri-
can fishing and trading vessels and American
fishermen in Canadian waters
Authorizing an investigation Of the books
etc., OF the Pacific railroad companies.
SENATE BILLS
OF the total number of bills which passed the
Senate 800 became laws including lis public
and goo Of strictly private nature. Following
IS list Of the more important Senate bills placed
on the statute books by the present Congress:
The Presidential succession BILL
The Cullom-Reagan bill to regulate interstate
commerce.
For the retirement and recoinage Of the trade
| dollar.
The electoral count BILL
For the allotment of lands in severalty TO In
| dians.
To repeal the tcnureaOf office act.
TO increase the annual appropriation for the
militia.
To establish agricultural experiment stations.
For the study Of the effects 0f narcotics and in.
toxicanis in the public schools.
To legalize the Incorporation of trades unions.
Authorizing the Transmission of weather re-
| pOIts through the mails free of postage.
To indemnify Chinese for losses sustained by
the Rock Springs. Wyo., riots.
For the erection OF a military telegraph line
between Sanford and Point Jupiter, Fla.
TO make Tampa, Fla, port of entry.
i To provide for the execution Of article of the
| Chinese treaty of November II, 1880. It pro-
hibits the importation of opium into either coun-
| try by citizens of the other
For the erection of public buildings as follows:
At Augusta, Ga. Huntsville, Ala, and at Jack
sonville, Fla
| MEASURES NOT ENACTED.
About $50 bills passed by the Senate failed of
passage in the House. The Blair educational
BILL after passing the Senate, was buffeted about
from one committee 10 another in the House,
| and was never allowed to come befre the house
for action, although its friends claimed dcci.
ded majority in its favor on a test vote.
The Cameron Hale twin bills sppropriating
$35,OOO,OOO tor an increase Of the Navy were
sent to the Naval Committee and died there,
although provision for additional vessels was in
| serted in the naval appropriation bll
The twin fOrti6cation bills which passed the
Senate were allowed to sleep in the House Ap-
| preparations Committee room.
The McAdOo fertilization bill reported by the
House Military Committee never received action
| by the House.
The Harrison bill for division Of Dakota
and the admission Of the lower half as State
was passed by a party vote in the Senate but
| was adversely reported from the committee in
the House A substitute in the nature Of an en- n
| abling act for the whole Territory was reported
as substitute but it stiTl slumbers on the over
burdened House calendar.
The joint resolution to change Inauguration
day from March TO April 80 was favorably re-
ported, but was left unacted upon.
Olher Senate measures which failed of action
are as follows:
To credit the several States and Territories
with all moneys collected under the direct tax
act.
To prohibit the transmission through the mails
OF publications containing lottery advertise
ments.
For monument to General Grant.
For the inspection of meals exported and pro!
hibiting the importation OF adulterated food or
drink
For the appointment of q commission to inves-
tigate yellow fever.
For the erection of a monument to Lincoln.
To extend the eight hour law to letter carriers
CThe previous question on its passage was refused
in the House)
To increase the efficiency Of the army. (The
Logan bill with certain amendments)
For the Incorporation of the Atlantic and Pa
ci6c Eads) Ship Railway Company.
To promote political and commercial progress
among the American nations Ut proposes q
convention of the American nations at WASH
ington(
To classify. and fix the salaries for land regis
tiers and receivers.
To prohibit members of Congress from acting
as attorneys for corporations interested in Con.
greasional legislation.
To incorporate the Nicaragua Maritime Canal
Company.
Making an appropriation for the Improvement
Of the Charleston jetties.
For monument to Mary mother of WASH
ingtOn.
To extirpate contagious pleuro- pneumonia.
For memorial bridge across the Potomac
river at Washington.
To extend the time for filing the French spoli-
alton claims.
To reimburse the Freedmans Bank deposit.
Ors.
For the determination OF the rights of the
United States 10 lands granted TO aid in the con.
struction OF railroads In Florida.
To pension Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Frank Blair
at 1000 per annum (sdyersely reported).
To Ok the passport fee at H
For the erection Of public buildings at the fol.
lowing places: Vicksburg, Niss; Charlotte. N.
G.; Petersburg. Va; Norfolk, Va; Greenyjllei
8. G, aDd HArrisonburg, Va
The following measures Of national importance
Jailed Of action Of an Affirmative nature In
either House: The Morrison and other tariff
bills, which the House on q test vote refused
even 10 consider: -
Various bills on the silver question, Both
branches Of Congress extensively and cxhaust
lively discussed this topic. No action was taken
In the Senate. The House passed no measure on
the subject, but contented itself with voting
down propositions for free silver coinage and Tor